Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no concern to us; for while we exist death is not present, and when death is present we no longer exist.

Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?

I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.

Launch your boat, blessed youth, and flee at full speed from every form of culture.

Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

Freedom is the greatest fruit of self sufficiency.